| Skin cancer is the most common form of skin | | | | has raised a large degree of concern for |
| cancer in humans. Skin cancer is also known | | | | people all over the country. |
| as being the common form of cancer in America | | | | |
| and generally develops in the epidermis which | | | | There are different types of skin cancer |
| is the outermost layer of skin. This is when | | | | treatments available right now, but |
| you will likely see a visible tumor. | | | | prevention is the best thing you can do. One |
| | | | of the most common ways to get rid of skin |
| There are actually three main types of skin | | | | cancer is excision skin surgery. You can also |
| cancer which include basal cell carcinoma, | | | | opt for another common treatment called mohs |
| squamous cell carcinoma, as well as melanoma. | | | | micrographic surgery where the area of the |
| Basal cell carcinomas and most types of | | | | growth is numbed prior to the procedure. |
| squamous cell carcinomas are both slow | | | | |
| growing and highly treatable, even more so if | | | | Some have even estimated that nearly fifty |
| detected in the early stages. | | | | percent of all Americans who live to be sixty |
| | | | five years old will develop skin cancer at |
| On the other hand melanoma is one of the most | | | | least once. Skin cancer tends to show up on |
| serious forms of skin cancer mainly because | | | | the head, face, neck, hands, and arms. The |
| it affects the deeper layers of skin and has | | | | most dangerous type of skin cancer is |
| a greater potential of spreading out to other | | | | melanoma, and luckily it is far less common. |
| tissues in your body. Squamous cell carcinoma | | | | For localized melanoma the surviving rate for |
| also has the chances of spreading internally. | | | | suffers is around ninety nine percent, while |
| There are more than one million estimated new | | | | the survival rates for regional and distant |
| cases of cancer each year with the annual | | | | stage diseases are at sixty five and fifteen. |
| rates constantly on the rise. This obviously | | | | |